What Are the Capabilities of an Autofill Address API?

Whether your end-user is completing an order or using your online store's location services, typing out their address can be difficult and time consuming. Address autocomplete and verification reduces the time and effort needed for users to input their address, enabling them to complete forms and checkout faster. This not only provides a positive user experience, but also significantly reduces cart abandonment and can increase conversion rates.

A high performing Address Autocomplete API provides real-time predictions of an address based on the users geolocation, allowing them to enter their address in just a few keystrokes. It also enables them to select from a list of validated results that dynamically responds to their input, and populates individual address form fields with the correct address components (street number, name, suffix, city, state/region, and zip/postcode). This is often displayed with a visual map so users can confirm the accuracy of an address and easily adjust the map pin.

An Address Autocomplete API can be used to ensure accurate data is captured during the checkout process and in any other field that accepts address type-ahead. It can be integrated with your existing technology stack and integrates seamlessly with a wide range of eCommerce platforms. It is also granular in its metadata capability, enabling you to provide application specific metadata for any API resource and enhance visibility of your address data. This can be useful for filtering and displaying different results depending on the context of the request, or for personalizing user interactions.